Creating
Students will need time to create their product.
Sharing: Possible Ideas
Graffiti Wall in the gym. In the morning each class posts their products (answer to the question) on the graffiti board. School-wide Assembly - Inquiry Parade - each class comes in holding their research question Class Presentation - in some way explain what is on the wall and what questions they still might have. Walk-about to see the points each class has made.
Adminstrator(?) sums up the activity and discusses what happens next.
Building Metacognition: Big Think Activity
(This last suggestion comes from Carol Koechlin, the author of Q Tasks and Building InfoSmarts after I emailed her about the Inquiry Awareness Week.)
On page 23 of Building InfoSmarts a culminating activity is suggested to "pull all new knowledge, ideas, and questions together so you can see the big picture about your topic."
Carol suggests that during the walk-about the students note the playground features they like the most. After the assembly the students could complete a survey using a Google form where they list their 3 top must haves for the playground. The data could be gathered on a spreadsheet and analyzed to inform admin or whomever what the students really want in their playground.
A couple of reflective questions could be included in the survey about the process such as what new skills did I acquire doing the project? What was difficult? What would I like to do better next time?
Students will need time to create their product.
Sharing: Possible Ideas
Graffiti Wall in the gym. In the morning each class posts their products (answer to the question) on the graffiti board.School-wide Assembly - Inquiry Parade - each class comes in holding their research question
Class Presentation - in some way explain what is on the wall and what questions they still might have.
Walk-about to see the points each class has made.
Adminstrator(?) sums up the activity and discusses what happens next.
Building Metacognition: Big Think Activity
(This last suggestion comes from Carol Koechlin, the author of Q Tasks and Building InfoSmarts after I emailed her about the Inquiry Awareness Week.)
On page 23 of Building InfoSmarts a culminating activity is suggested to "pull all new knowledge, ideas, and questions together so you can see the big picture about your topic."
Carol suggests that during the walk-about the students note the playground features they like the most. After the assembly the students could complete a survey using a Google form where they list their 3 top must haves for the playground. The data could be gathered on a spreadsheet and analyzed to inform admin or whomever what the students really want in their playground.
A couple of reflective questions could be included in the survey about the process such as what new skills did I acquire doing the project? What was difficult? What would I like to do better next time?
The Big Think: 9 Metacognative Strategies that Make the End Just the Beginning of Learning